Chapter 120: Chapter 120: Invitation from Ash, Part 2
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"Use Rapid Spin to avoid it!"
Ash saw the Thunder move rushing towards Torkoal. He realized that something was wrong and immediately shouted to Torkoal, hoping it would quickly avoid it.
However, Ash's Torkoal ignored him and continued to fall to the ground.
"What happened to Ash's Torkoal? Why didn't it react?"
Max was confused for a while when he saw this.
"I think Torkoal must have been dizzy in the air and didn't react!"
Hilda, who was watching the match, looked at Torkoal in the air without any reaction and gave her own explanation.
"Wow, it can be like this!"
Hilda's explanation exceeded Max's guess.
And the actual result is exactly the same as Hilda said. Because of the long-term high-speed rotation in the air, Torkoal has completely fallen into a "motion sickness" state at this time and cannot respond to Ash's orders.
Under such circumstances, Ash could only watch as Electabuzz's Thunder move hit the falling Torkoal.
Under the attack of this Thunder move, Torkoal fell to the ground completely after a burst of explosion.
"Torkoal!"
Ash looked at the Torkoal that had landed and immediately shouted worriedly, but there was no response.
"Torkoal has lost its ability to fight, and Electabuzz wins!"
The referee, Professor Oak, approached Torkoal and found that it had completely fainted and lost its ability to fight, so he stood up and announced the result.
"Thank you for your hard work, Torkoal!"
Ash had no choice but to take out the Poké Ball and put the fainted Torkoal back into the Poké Ball.
"Well done!"
Gary gave Electabuzz a thumbs up, and after praising it, he put it back into the Poké Ball.
"It's up to you next, Pikachu!"
After thinking for a while, Ash sent out his second Pokémon, which was his initial Pokémon, Pikachu.
"Damn, what's going on?"
When Gary opened the system panel and checked the level of Ash's Pikachu, he found that Pikachu's strength at this time was no longer the quasi-king strength before, but only level 42.
"What's going on? Is Pikachu's strength really reset to zero every time it arrives in a region?"
It was at this time that Gary remembered the incident of Pikachu's strength being reset to zero mentioned on the Internet in his previous life.
After Gary pondered for a while, he still couldn't come up with a result, so he simply threw it aside.
Since Pikachu's strength is no longer as strong as before, Gary also sent out the newly cultivated Pokémon.
"Go, Pupitar!"
In the white light of the Poké Ball, Gary's Pupitar, who was level 43, appeared opposite Pikachu.
"It's Pupitar!"
Looking at the Pupitar sent by Gary, Ash fell into memories and remembered the young Larvitar in the Johto region.
"Okay, Ash, continue the battle!"
Gary looked at Ash, who was already in his memories, and knew what he was thinking at this time, so he reminded him.
"Oh, okay!"
After hearing Gary's words, Ash, who had woken up, focused on the battle.
"Let's go, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!"
"Pika, Pikachu!"
At the beginning of the second battle, Ash, as before, took the lead in opening with Thunderbolt.
The golden thunder targeted Pupitar, broke through the obstacles of the heavy air, and attacked in the direction of Pupitar.
"Dark Pulse!"
Just when Pikachu's Thunderbolt was about to attack Pupitar, Pupitar released a purple-black Dark Pulse to fight against the incoming Thunderbolt.
The black beam of light was fighting fiercely with Thunderbolt in the sky above the venue. After a stalemate, the two sides disappeared in an explosion, leaving only some light spots floating down with the wind.
"Pikachu, Quick Attack!"
After seeing that the long-distance Thunderbolt did not work, Ash decisively chose to fight at close range.
Therefore, Pikachu, who used Quick Attack, quickly approached Pupitar with super-sensitive speed.
"Rock Slide!"
And around Pupitar, dozens of rocks appeared out of thin air. These rocks took the Pikachu rushing across as the target and shot over like sharp arrows.
And Pikachu, who was in the Quick Attack state, used his agility to dodge one rock after another neatly and continued to approach Pupitar's position.
"Now, Pikachu, use Iron Tail!"
"Pikachu!"
After hearing Ash's shout, Pikachu immediately jumped into the air, then turned around and slashed the metallic tail at Pupitar under him.
"I expected this move, Pupitar, use Protect!"
At this critical moment, a light green barrier protected Pupitar firmly and blocked Pikachu's Iron Tail move.
"What!"
After Ash saw this scene, he also showed a surprised face.
"Next is my turn, Pupitar, Dragon Pulse!"
Seeing this situation, Gary immediately waved his hand and shouted to Pupitar in front of him.
After receiving Gary's order, Pupitar immediately released the Dragon Pulse move. The white dragon-shaped beam instantly hit Pikachu, which was close at hand. The powerful impact immediately took Pikachu away.
Finally, the Dragon Pulse that took Pikachu away also exploded with the sky above the field, knocking Pikachu from the air to the ground.
"Pikachu!"
Seeing this, Ash called out worriedly again.
"Pika... Pikachu."
Amid Ash's worried calls, Pikachu slowly got up from the ground and replied weakly.
"Pikachu!"
Looking at the scars on Pikachu's body, Ash's eyes revealed a look of heartache.
"Ash, do you want to continue this game?"
Gary took a look at the scarred Pikachu, then looked up and asked Pikachu's owner, Ash.
"This... I, I give up!"
After hearing what Gary said, Ash bit his lip. Although he was a little reluctant, considering Pikachu's injury, Ash finally decided to give up this round.
After hearing Ash's voice of giving up, except for Gary and Professor Oak who already knew him, everyone present looked at him with admiration.
"Leave Pikachu to me!"
As the nurse in Ash's team, Brock also took the initiative to stand up at this time.
"Pikachu is in your hands, Brock!"
Because he still has a Pokémon, he can only entrust the injured Pikachu to Brock.
"I'll leave the last game to you!"